inverted mounding?

MOSSAD · 2011-06-16 17:46:08

Anyone come across the method of ground preparation called "inverted mounding"? I can see it being useful near watercourses if the soil is wet and the tree being planted likes it feet in the water. However I think it may be storing up major problems along the way if done on poorly drained soils for conifers. One of the…

16-06-2011 05:46PM

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Anyone come across the method of ground preparation called "inverted mounding"? I can see it being useful near watercourses if the soil is wet and the tree being planted likes it feet in the water. However I think it may be storing up major problems along the way if done on poorly drained soils for conifers. One of the basics rules of preparing wet mineral soils for afforestation is to get the water off the site. The site in the attached photos has neither new drains and just 50m of an old field drain retrenched. Apparently it is being pushed very strongly by the Forest Service in County Clare. Any thoughts?

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